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R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) After whin h, Hatton's new opera, in three acts, entitled ROSE ; or. Love's Ransom. Rose, Madame Lemmens-Sher rington ; Ge , jrgette, Madame Weiss ; Theresa, Miss Poole; Stephen, WI., G. F . rren ; BlancOec, Mr. H. Corti ; Captain of Recruiting Party, Mr. A. gook; Sergeant, Mr. E. Dus sek ,• and Jaques, Mr. Weiss. THIF, EVENING Saturday), Dec. 10, the new opera, THE BRITJE OF SONG. The music by Ju' es Benedict, the words by %.lenry Farnie. Ra ee, Miss Thirlwall ; Beatrix, Mdme. Fanny Iluddart ' • Adelt ert, Mr. Henry Haigh ; and 'lanai 'Pal, Mr. Alberto Lawrence. Conductor, Mr Alfred Mellon. The Incidental Divertissement will be supported by :Mlles. Duchateau and Boni anti. Commence at half-past 7 o'clock. Private boxes, from Vs. 6d, upwards ; stalls, 7s. ; dref s circle, 58. ; upper boxes, 4s ; amphitheatre stalls, 3s. and zs ; pit 2s. 6d. ; gallery, is. No charge for booking places. The box-office is open from 10 till 5. E R MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The perform 'nee will commence Every Evening with YOU KNOW WHO. RIS EVEN ING, (Saturday), FAUST. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Opera at Eight. Box Office cpen from Ten till Five. Private Boxes, from 10s. ed. ; Stalls, 7s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; First Circle, 4s. ; Fit, 2s. 6t. ; Gallery, ls. No charge for booking places. No fees to box-keepers. In preparation, a Grand Christmas Pantomime. TEIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANES- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, to commence with A YOUNG LAD FROM THE COL' FRY. Messrs. G. Belmore, Fitajames, and G. F. Neville; Misses Helen Howard, R. Leclercq, Szc. After which, Shaksnere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Creswick, R. ltoxby, G, Belmore, Rayner, 14. F. Neville, Edmund Phelps, J. Neville, Bartleman, dre.; 13fisses Rebecca Isaacs, Emma Heywood, and Miss 1:1 elen .Faucit. Doors open at ha 1-past Six—Commence at Seven. 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JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. (11HE THIRD EDITION OF THE SUN," 1 Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLEN EE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening by W. ALEXANDER (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 24, Old Cavendish-street, Oxford-street. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DA.T.—Moraing,: 11h. 23m.—Afternoon, llh. 58m. To-iifoßßOw.-Morning, h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. 30m. - ZIP $ V..? f '' 1.40L 1-11 1 i. S :LONDON, SATURDAY, DEC. 10, 1864. Mr FITZGERALD's speech the other day at Hors hetet is one of the best that has been delivered this autumn, and the spirit and animation that distin• gu i e h e d it render it attractiv e to peruse, after some of the tame and insipid discourse s that have ap p: ered recently. This is no matter of surprise, as it iv well known that in the House there is no one more ready with a smart repartee or a quick rejoin. dtr than the hon. member. He Was one of the most dreaded opponents of Government lost year in th e fearful task of "put_ting'questions' relative to Den, mark ; and not all Lord PALMERSTON'S evasions and absurd heroics about attacking the absent, nor Mr LAYARD'S brusquerie and defiant manners sec• ceded in patting Mr FITZGERALD off the scent, or in intimidating him in his proposed line of action. It is a difficult task at a meeting of this kind to steer clear of exciting subjects of controversy, and yet at the same time to render one's speech generally in. teresting and suitable for the occasion. It must be confessed that this desideratum has been success fully accomplished in the present instance, and that we have before us a good resume of the most salient points that are to be met with in the review of last session. A dreary retrospect it is, in fact, and one that all men of patriotic sentiment may blush to think of ; but still the unpleasant necessity must be gone through, and the interests of the country demand that the questions involved in the discus• sion of this year should not be passed over in that silence with which their chief actors would, doubt less, desire to enshroud them. First of all, Mr FITZGERALD discoursed upon the duties of those who are in Opposition, and very truly observed that they were important ones, and should not be scouted and slighted. There are two things to consider, said he—first, that a man should act up to his own convictions, and, secondly, that he should consider how far the expression of his opinion is consistent with the interests of the public service. This is a very true definition, and certainly no one has so good a right to preach such a course as a member of the Conservative Opposie s wo t) , which is distinguished among all others for the absence of that party spirit and personal ran cour that oppose for the sake of contradicting and interpose obstacles from sheer perversity. At the same time some line of demarcation must be drawn, and it is truly stated here that the Opposition last Session owed it to themselves and their country to denounce the policy pursued by the Government in the affair of Denmark and Germany. No better censure could have been passed on the Administra• tion than was conveyed by the speeches that took place on their own side on the occasion of the great debate. As Mr. FITZGERALD remarked, with hardly an exception they all expressed regret at the position of our foreign policy. The policy of non interference, as the hon. member accurately puts it, is one which has been declared the only true and desirable one for this great country to follow, and after the bungling effects produced by a contrary practice he may well be proud to declare that such has been consistently advocated by the Conserva tive party for many years past. " It was dignified by the eloquence of Sir ROBERT PEEL, and received in those days the full support of Mr. GLADSTONE." Surely common sense must tell us that it is neither honest nor honourable to hold out hopes that can. not be fulfilled, to make fine sounding promises to produce a great effect on one's party, and all the while to make some mental reservation that renders them void and valueless. The best that can be said in an epitome of our late transactions with Denmark sinks us in the scale of nations and lowers our self• respect as a free and independent country. Mr FITZGERALD was careful to guard against the op. polite extreme, and declared that he put no credence in Mr COBDEN'S code of complete isolation from other countries. This was not possible, and if it were so it would not be desirable, In a few graphic touches the hon. member depicted the present condition of Austria and Prussia. The two great German States are indeed sad spectacles to contemplate, for all their present jubilation is a sure sign of their retrograde movements instead of their progressive march towards constitutional and social improvements. How melancholy, but how true, is the definition here given of the condition to which Prussia has now become reduced not• withstanding the intellect of her people, and the great resources of her State. " Every liberal as. piration is extinguished, there is no hope of free dom at this moment in the length and breadth of Prussia, everything is under military rule, all that they look at is an extension of territory, and an increase of military presVge." The self crowned monarch of Berlin has brought things to a pretty pass when such a description is given of the effects of his rule, and yet who can con scientiously say that the account is not a veritable one, and does not ante-date the verdict of the impartial historian. As for Austria she has also suffered, and the "direct, close, and intimate union between the despotic military Governments of Europe" here deplored has wrought its deadly work, and spread abroad its blighting influence. The object here put forward as the summum bonum of all policy is surely sufficient for the most ambitious to aspire to, while it affords scope to the most energetic to bestir themselves aristocratic class that they are always decrying as the people's enemies. It is always a welcome en• joyment to peruse so spirited a discourse as this, and even those not on the side of the speaker must admit that it is characterised by a temperate tone and a conscientious wanner. It is the exposition of a politician who speaks fearlessly and frankly his views and opinions upon important matters, and as such it reflects honour upon himself and upon those whom he represents, for it bears the impress of truth, and is distinguished by au honourable spirit. Thursday the B,h of December, 18G4, will long b 9 remembered in the annals of the West of Eng. land. On that day one of the most beautiful and remarkable structures which the skill of modern science has given to this generation was com menced, completed, and formally opened for public use, Various circumstances combined to render the opening of the Clifton Suspension Bridge a matter of unusual interest. The Bridge itself is a triumph of engineering skill, and the daring ambi tion of BRUNEL would have been gratified could he have lived to see the completion of his design in one of the loftiest and longest suspension bridges in the world. It is, too, as singular for beauty as for ingenuity, while its strength is indisputable, being equal to a strain of 10,000 tons. The old Hunger ford Bridge, which so gracefully spanned our Old Father Thames, and which Londoners still regret to miss, even with the magic transformation of the locality, was only intended for foot passengers, but the Clifton Bridge is to be for traffic of all kinds, thus rendering it indispensable to combine strength with elegance. The history of the building, too, is no less interesting than the beauty of the bridge. The want of a direct communication across the Avon from Gloucestershire to Somersetehire has been so long felt that it is only wonderful the con. netting link between the two countries should not have been called into active existence earlier. So long ago as the year 1753 a worthy Alderman of Bristol, named Vtcx, bequeathed in trust to the Merchant Venturers of that city the sum of £l,OOO for the purpose of building a bridge across to Clif ton. More than a century has elapsed before the work contemplated by the good Alderman has reached its completion, but certainly a thousand pounds is no very great sum towards building a bridge in such a locality. In 1830 the one thousand having grown into eight, the undertaking was commenced, not that the Merchant Venturers were sanguine enough to suppose that the means at their command would serve for the bridge, but they thought it would serve as a nucleus, and the public want had grown too pressing to be longer neglected. The bequest of Alderman VICE had been intended for a stone bridge, but the estimates for such a structure proving enormously expensive that plan was given up, and finally the simple and beautiful design of the late Mr BRUNEL was decided upon. The undertaking was commenced in 1831, the managers probably not anticipating more than than thirty years would elapse before its termina tion. After an expenditure of nearly 150,000, the bridge stood still for want of funds; and as no more money was forthcoming at the expiration of the time stipulated in the Act of Parliament, the affair was virtually abandoned, and the two stone towers, which were the only things completed, remained sadly looking on at the channel between them. How it would have ended is difficult to say, but after the lapse of several years the enforced removal of Hnngerford..bridge gave a fresh stimulus to the affair. Mr BRUNEL was the engineer of Hunger ford, and nothing could be therefore more suitable than to complete the one bridge by means of the other. The materials, too, were ready to hand, and could be cheaply purchased ; so a new company was formed, a new act obtained, and the long delayed bridge has been brought to a successful termina tion. Mr BRUNEL'S design consists of a chain bridge of a single span of 700 feet, with two chains passing over two towers, chains being buried in the rocks at either side. In the struct are, however, three chains have been used at each end, being two more than at Hungerford, but the Hungerford.bridge was only 14 feet wide, whereas the Clifton structure is 30 feet, and is meant for vehicles as well as foot passengers. The new bridge is nearly 200 feet longer than the renowned Menai, and is 260 feet in height, being 100 feet higher than the suspension bridge at Fribourg. The Lambeth Suspension Bridge has a longer span but is built on four piers, so that the newly finished bridge, over whose corn. pletion two counties held festival, is really one of the most remarkable structures of its kind in exist ence, even in this age of engineering marvels. No less than 1,500 tons of iron are said to have been used in the bridge, the chains weighing 1,100 tons. Their links are 7 inches broad and 24 feet long, each link being composed of bars bolted together at the ends. Four hundred bolts with screw ends which fix into a large iron nut are used, for this the roadway of the bridge is composed of sleepers of Baltic timber, with transverse planks over them. The bridge was severely tested before the opening by means of 500 tons of stone which were drawn over on a tramway, but for ordinary purposes the ceremonial itself was a sufficient test. The quiet rural spot has seldom witnessed so gay a scene as was presented on Thursday by the crowds congre gated to witness the opening ceremony. The trades and societies of the good city of Bristol, bearing the banners and emblems of their various callings, marshalled in great state, and all the inhabitants of the two counties who could find means and leisure to witness the spectacle gathered on the heights around. The bridge procession included, of course, the members of the new and old com panies, the contractors, the engineers, the merchant venturers, the lord lieutenants of the two counties, and all the dignitaries of the neighbourhood, together with a goodly share of uniforms, with representatives of the army, the navy, the militia, and the volunteers. The affair went off most successfully, and nothing dimmed the pleasure of the day. Popular enthu. gleam knew no bounds, and when the bridge was formally declared opened it vented itself in repeated rounds of cheering for the principal actors in the affair. Unhappily, he whose name was on every tongue was not present to witness the completion of the great work which stands as a lasting memento of his genius, an enduring guardian of his fame. It is a singular and gratifying reflection that one of Mr. BRUNEL'S own structures should be the means of perfecting his unfinished work, so that when his admirers mourned over the seeming destruction of his graceful metropolitan suspension bridge the seeming evil was in reality a gain, for it gave a stimulus to British enterprise, and served to com plete the far more remarkable and valuable struc ture which now spans the Avon. The inhabitants of Gloucester and Somerset had good reason to re joice over the supply of a want which has been felt for more than a century, and the satisfactory con. elusion of an undertaking which has been in hand more than thirty years. Since the foundation stone of the Clifton Bridge was laid what wonders of engineering skill have been wrought, what great works of public utility have been begun, finished, and their construction well nigh forgotten ! But if its progress has been so slow es sometimes to amount to absolute inaction, the work has at last been done, I and done well, and a few years more or less, though TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. London, 9Lh December, 1864. --- The Berryer Banquet, (From the Law Times of to•day.) "to make our name, oar character, and our weight felt in every quarter of the globe." Had this been the real wish of our present Cabinet very different would be our retrospective and perspective glance at foreign affairs; but what with their wish to appear something very formidable abroad, the desire to please an infatuated set at home, and the general confusion into which they worked them% selves, the Government has contrived to delude itself and disgrace the country. It is a relief to find any one speaking out so strongly as Mr FITZGERALD has done concerning Austria and Prussia, for it is too much the fashion for speakers at public meetings and elsewhere to let them down easily, and either to Ignore their actual guilt in the late transactions with Denmark, or else not to enter fully upon the topic. There is no shirking of the question in this speech, but we are deliberately told that it is an injury to Europe for these two great German Powers to be allowed to assume so false a position, •nd to exercise undue influence in an unfair manner, not by the weight of character, but by the force of arms. Mr FITZGERALD speaks the sentiments of all lovers of freedom when he says that he has never found a military despotism conduce either to the liberty of the people or the peace of the world, and farther on that he depre cates as far as he can any transaction which shall establish in the heart of Europe two great military monarchies, because he does not believe they are likely to conduce to the welfare of Europe or the peace of the world. How refreshing a sight would it have been if one of our Ministers had had the manliness or the foresight to declare such sen timents in the house, instead of Earl RUSSELL over and over again asserting that he did not believe that the allied Powers meant to do the supposed wrong or the injury said to be in contemplation, and Lord PALIATERSTON trying one dodge after another to gain time till the deed was done, which militated not only against the welfare of Denmark, but the honour of England. In his remarks upon the pro. posed . reduction of the Army and Navy estimates, Mr. FITZGERALD displayed great foresight, and it is to be hoped that his suggestions will be paid proper attention to, and then instead of putting our warlike preparations into a state which may please the Manchester School, but not conform with the notions of men of experience and judgment, we may accomplish the twofold object of retaining a proper warlike equipment by land and sea, and yet not squander away unnecessarily the public funds. It is here forcibly put that the real waste is in the etnploymeat of so many supernumeraries. It is not au army of soldiers that we are wasting money in maintaining, but an " army of clerks.' There is much altogether to ponder over in this speech, an d i t cannot b 3 said to have passed over any great o r i mpor t ant subject of the day. The remarks about Reform are very true, and it is a proper reproof to the officious class h form a stalking h orse f or the i r own purposes, Re.. w Alr FITZGERALD reminds th em t h at i t was not their order that obtained for the working-,:' asses of Eog laud a diminution of their hours toil, bat the THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1864. very annoying to the residents in the locality, will reckon for very little in the lifetime of such a work of art and science as the Clifton Suspension Bridge. Christmas-clay on a Sunday. SlB,—May I claim your aid on behalf of the great mass of Englishmen who have only two days recognised as holidays throughout the year, viz., Christmas-day and Good Friday, and who are this year in danger of losing one of them. Christmas. day falling this year on a Sunday, instead of being a day of rejoicing, will be one of disappointment (to say the least), because part of the people will spend it as a Sunday and part as Christmas-day. This can only be got over by an Order in Council de claring Monday a holiday. Thus the Sunday would remain a day for religious observances, and the Monday a day for rejoicing. In a social point of view this would be no inconsiderable boon to thi toiling millions. Thc rich can have their holiday when and as often as they please, is it too much to press upon a liberal Government the general desire for a holiday on the Monday indicated, and which can be granted by simple enactment of Council. Your generous influence is solicited by [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] A CLER . The journals appear to have misunderstood the incident at the Berryer dinner in the Middle Temple Hall, which called forth the eloquent de. scription by the Lord Chief Justice of the proper limits of an Advocate's duty. It certainly had the aspect of an answer to, or rather a pretest against, something which had fallen from a former speaker, from which Chief Justice Cockburn dissenting, felt himself bound to express his dissent. From his language and manner it was manifest that he had understood Lord Brougham's remarks on the duty of an advocate to make the interests of his client his sole object, to mean that which we, at the mo ment, and commentators on permal, took to be the design, namely, to assert the doctrine that the Advocate is bound to sacrifice to the in terests of his client, not merely his own personal considerations, bat even the interests of others —a doctrine carried to its extremest point by Charles Phillips at the trial of Courvoisier, and afterwards justified by him in a pamphlet. The time and place did not permit Lord Brougham to rise and protest against the inference which the Lord Chief Justice Cockburn had drawn from his remarks, but he expressed in very emphatic cheers his approval of the limitations of the advocate's licence which the Chief Justice was asserting, Thinking that possibly it may have been assumed too hastily that Lord Brougham's opinions upon this question were as they were understood by the Lord Chief Justice and by the newspapers, we have referred to the sketch of Erskine in his " Histori. cal Sketches of the Statesmen of the Reign of George III.," that great advocate being the illus tration adduced by Lord Brougham in the speech that provoked the answer. And we find there a very different definition of an advocate's duties from that which Lord Brougham, citing Erskine as an example, was assumed to have asserted. His meaning is plain enough. The advocate is to make all possible self-sacrifices in the service of his client—not the sacrifice of others. He is to defy the powerful; to cast away, if need be, hopes of personal or professional advancement; to face un popularity, or—what is harder to bear than all —to see his business at the bar taken from him in the honest performance of that foremost of his obligations—to do that which will best promote the interests of his client. This was Lord Brougham's meaning. Such was his oratory—but oratory is only the half, and the lesser half, of the Nisi Prius advocate—and Mr Erskine never was known to fail in the more important moiety of the part he had to sustain. The entire devotion to his cause, which made him reject everything that did not help it forward, and indignantly scorn all temptation to sacrifice its smallest point for any rhetorical triumph, was not the only virture of his advocacy. His judgment was quick, sound and sure upon each successive step to be taken; his decision bold, but cautious and enlightened at each turn. His speak ing was hardly more perfect than his examination of wit• noises, the art in which so much of an English advocate's skill is shown; and his examination-in-chief was as ex cellent as his cross-examination, a department so apt to de ceive the vulgar, and which yet is, generally speaking, far less available, as it hardly ever is more difficult than the examination in chief or in reply. In all these various functions, whethether of addressing the jury or urging objects to the court, or examining his own witnesses or cross-examining his adversarieg, this consummate advo cate appeared to fill at one and the same time different characters; to act as the counsel and representative of the party, and yet to be the very party himself; while he ad dressed the tribunal, to be also acquainted with every feel ing and thought of the judge or the jury, and while he interrogated the witness, whether to draw from him all he knew and in the most favourable shape, or to shake and displace all he had said that was adverse, he appeared to have entered into the mind of the parson he was dealing with, and to be familiar with all that was passing within it. It is by such means that the hearer is to be moved and the truth ascertained ; and he will ever be the most succesefui advocate who can approach the nearest to this lofty and difficult position. THE DEAN OF WESTMINSTER ON CALVIN, GALILEO, AND SHAKSPERE.-Au address was de livered on Thursday evening at blyddelton-hall, Upper street, Islington, on the three tercentenaries of 1864 —viz„ Calvin, Galileo, and Shakspere, by the Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster, The ball was well filled by a highly respectable company. The Dean observed that during the year 1864 three tercentenaries had been celebrated in Europe —Calvin, Geneva ; Galileo, i n It a ly ; an d S ha re in England. t Nw, he would ask,. what advan tages might be learnt from the reme m b rance of these throe u great names ? They had been brought b e f ore the pu b lic i n ape a manner, tha like of which might never occur again. When :on the 27th of May, 1564, Calvin died, it was thought that when his sun went down the same light would never be seen again. But what name did Calvin leave behind him? He was an instance that a man may be greatly esteemed in his own time, and his fame become greatly diminished after death. At his death no name had acquired such a height. As Rooker said then, "it was safer to attack all other saints than to attack the character of Calvin." But his great fame was now no longer what it ' once was. Erasmus and Luther was still powerful, while Calvin had left little behind. But he had left two great legacies—the first was the doctrine of predestination. This doctrine still lived. True it was that there was One higher than man, and whatever was good in man same directly from Heaven. Calvin had pushed this doctrine to excess, yet ho had helped to hand it down to the present time. The next feature in his history was that he established at Geneva liberty and a high state of morality, though perhaps too severe and rigid. Yet did he introduce into that little town an atmosphere so healthy that the wealthy of Europe sent their sons to Geneva to be educated and kept out of the path of temptation. Calvin passed away, and his death was felt to be an affliction to the world at large. But there was one born two months before Calvin's death, and another one month before, and these two men were as far above Calvin as the heavens were above the earth. The mathe matician and the writer of plays soared far above the theo logian—Galileo, the father a astronomy; and Shakspere, the interpreter of human nature. Galileo, apart from the scientific benefits conferred on man by his marvellous use of the telescope, revealed not only the infinity of space, but largely displayed to man the infinity of God Himself. Galileo, therefore, conferred lasting benefit on religion. Turning to William Shakspere, the Dean observed that he was a benefactor to religion, to his country, and to the world at large. It might be asked, what benefit was Shakespere to the Christian ? Did ho not teach them what human nature was, and which knowledge was unquestion ably necessary to teach a man to do his duty in the world ? It had been said each particular class of men had their pecu liar views of nature—the clergy the weak side, the lawyer the dark side. But Shakspere held the balance for mankind in a high degree, teaching his fellow to "judge not, lest ye be judged." This was truly an evangelical lesson. He taught many valuable religious lessons, but no sect could claim him as their supporter. Calvin was a Protestant, Galileo a Human Catholic, but it was in vain to search for the sect to which Shakspere could be said to belong. He had a deep of louse the greatness of God, of the soothing influence of Christianity, and the words of the Bible, were familiar to him. Moro could not be said. The Dean con cluded by showing that a man might be great, and that greatness might carry him above sects and parties, though perhaps the same thing would not so well apply in the pre. sent day, when it might be mare necessary for a .nan to declare his creed and own his party. A unanimous vote cf thanks to the Dean for his able lochire closed the pro ceedings, A breach of promise of rnarrigc else wPs tri•A in the Court of Common Pleas yesterday. The plaintiff, a Miss Couldere, the daughter of an engraver and heraldic painter at Cambridge, sued a Mr Lyle, the son of a miner in Cornwall, for damages, Mr Lyle when an undergraduate at Cambridge had lodged in the house of the plaintiff's father, and had made love to Miss Couldere, eventually offering marriage and being accepted. A long correspon dence took place, but at last the defendant broke off the match. Thejury yesterday gave a verdict for the plaintiff, with damages, 41,000„ LATEST INTELLIGENCE. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALASIAN. (Via Roches' Point.) NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2 P.M. The latest Savannah papers contain contradictory statements concerning the passage of the Oconee River by Sherman. They also state that a large cavalry force was operating in hie rear, and that it was not impossible that Forrest would join it. Despatches to the 22d state that Sherman had passed Macon, captured Milledgeville and Gordon, and was marching towards Savannah. Some accounts represent his forces as having arrived within six miles of the Federal prisoners' stockades at Milian. Southern papers assert that Sherman's cavalry were repulsed in attempting to gross the Oconnee River at Toomsboro', and also that a strong force which was demonstrating within 20 miles of Augusta, was driven back with considerable loss. The arrival of prisoners at Savannah had ceased, Sherman having cut the railroad to that town. The Florida has been run into by a Federal transport of Fort Munroe. She was bady damaged, and sunk in nine fathoms water, The New York. World thinks the pretence of accident too shallow to deceive any one, but adds that it is possible the Government had no compli. city in the transaction. Generals Hardee and Beanregard and the Governor of Georgia were in Macon on the 22d. The Governor has drafted all citizens between 16 and 55 years of age to serve for 40 days. Governor Vernor of South Carolina has ordered the militia reserve to assemble at Hamburg. The Riclinzond Sentinel, of the 26th, says the intelligence from Georgia is most hopeful, but refuses to publish it for the benefit of the Northern journals. DENMARK. KING CHRISTIAN'S REPLY TO THE NORTH SCHLESWIGERS. King Christian, in reply to the address presented to him on the 7th inst. at Koiding, by a deputation of North Schleswigers, said that he most deeply re gretted the separation of Schleswig from Denmark, but that having once ceded that province, he hoped that the Schleswigers would be reasonable, and submit to their fate with pationce. Prior to their reception by his Majesty, the members of the deputation laid aside the Danish colours they were wearing, as the King would only receive them as Schleswigers. ROME. • ROME, DEC. 9. A French court.martial has passed sentence of death upon a Neapolitan named Graziani, for the murder of two French gensdarmes. FRANCE. BOURSE, DEC. 9.—The market has been without animation, and the business done up to the present time shows a slight decline, Threes, for the Account, being now at 66f. sc. Mobilier have receded to 933 f. 75c. Itiilway Market quiet, with but trifling variations. The market became rather firmer te■ wards the close, and left off as follows :- 41 per Cents 93 70 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 10 Credit Mobilier 940 Do. end month 938 75 Bank Shares 3515 Credit F oncier 1240 Roman Italian Loan 65 75 -Do. end month 65 90 Ditto Threes .. 40 New Mexican .... 50/ Russian A.ustrian TSpanish Threes 45& ome Debt .. Deferred PAY 8. Cash. Account. 878 75 860 995 990 877 50 .. 878 75 585 .. 558 75 510 492 50 .. 491 25 317 50 .. 318 75 442 50 .. 445 511 25 .. 511 25 375 375 425 .. 425 - - 192 50 BA IL Orleans... ***** •••a•••• Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern OOO 411 d Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lorr bard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Metropolitan Board of Works, The weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday in the board room, Spring gardens—Mr J. Thwaites in the chair, The cash statement of the Finance Committee showed balances in the hands of the treasurer, on deposit accounts, £329,800; current accounts, £147,195 5s 4d; and New Three per Cent. Government Securities, £97,403 Os Bd. Mr SAMUDA drew the attention of the Board to the sub ject of the Thames Embankment, and asked the solicitor as to the powers of the Board, under the contract No. 1 (Mr Furness's) for the Thames Embankment works, to enforce the due progress of the works. Mr BAZALGETTE read a long correspondence between himself and Mr Furness, the contractor, expostulating on his (Mr Bazllgette's) part upon the delay that had occurred in the progress of the Thames Embankment works, and explaining, on the part of Mr Furness, the delay in conse quence of the question of filling in the space between the river wall and the embankment. Mr Furness stated that he was unable to go on with the filling in for several days ; the supply of granite Was stopped for some time by the owners of the quarries, and he was compelled to use the dredgings of the river for filling in purposes. Mr H. L. TAYLOR asked if the contractor was bound to carry out this embankment under these conditions. The ENGINEER said the contractor would have to do it as the Board directed. Mr SA/41MA. moved that, as the contractor had failed to use proper diligence in the execution of the works, the mat ter be referred to the Main Drainage Committee with a view to the enforcement of the exercise of proper diligence on the part of tha contractor. He drew attention to a clause in the contract which enabled the Board, if the contractor failed to use proper diligence, to employ extra men and charge the contractor with the expense, &o. Mr SAVAGE asked if Mr Samuda was really serious in what he said, Mr SAMUDA. said ho should be failing in the execution of the duty he was put there to perform if he was not serious. Mejor LYON seconded the motion, and said if they did not support Mr Samuda they would sacrifice their cha racter. Mr D'IITANGER maid if tho Board would remember he called their attention about a mcnth ago to the slow manner in which the works were progressing, and he must say that if they went on as they were going on now it would be eight years instead of two and a half years before the Em bankment was completed. He sincerely trusted the matter would be referred to the Main Drainage Committee, which was a committee of the whole Board, and at which every member mighi; be present. Mr H. L. TAYLOR hoped the matter would be referred to a committee, which ho was sorry was composed of the whole Board, for if it comprised only 10 or 12 members they would be sure to manage things better. The motion was put and carried unanimously. The raising of several of the officers' salaries was a sub ject that occupied the Board next. After the disposal of some routine business the Board ad. journed. THE REV. AIR. HILLYAED AND TUE POOR-LAW BOARD,-At a meeting of the Board of Guardian. of the Norwich Union, on Thursday evening, a letter was read from the Rev, E. A. llillyard, the chaplain, who had been requested by the Poor-Law Board to resign his appoint ment. The clerk to the guardians had written to Mr Hill yard, asking him to comply with the order of the board, and had since received the following letter :—" Palace Plain, Norwich, Dec 7,1864.--. Sir, I have informed the Poor-law Commissioners that I do not acknowledge the justice of their decision, and decline to resign, but demand of th em a formal dismissal from the office of chaplain to the union,— I remain, sir, yours truly, E. A. BILLTARD," It wa s unenimnuely resolved that the clerk should be instruct e d t o write to the Poor-law Cemmiesionere, communicate the contents of the above letter, and ask them to declare the office of chaplain vacant, in order that the guardians might be empowered to elect another chaplain. There are at present no less than six different lines of European steamers runnirg to Panama, and none but American lines running northward from it in the Pacific Ocean. The mail from Panama to Vancouver Island, or British Columbia, might be easily conveyed in 15 days, which now occupies 23 to 26 day/1.-23/14M Cqunibia vapor, LITERATURE, Can You Forgive Her 4 By Anthony Trollope. No. XII. Chapman and Hall. Lady Glencora draws nearer and nearer to the vortex. Mr. Palliser, morally speaking, is either sifiected with stone blindness or with crass stupidity, Burgo Fitzgerald appears to ho approaching a fatal opportunity—whither his aunt, Lady Monk, is speeding him, even though she may only contrive to do so by the reluctant sacri fice of some of her choicest jewellery. Mr. Cheesacre receives his dismissal from the widow Greenhow—receives it from her es one may say, crying, on his knees. His one consola lion being that, at any rate, C:pt. Beifield has not I yet been allowed to supplant him by that middle aged coquette, who has b.en so long amusing her self by dallying with them bath. That horrid George Vavasor, with the scar on his face, and his be trothed's money filtering through his pockets, takes his seat in the House, under the guidance, and almost patronage, of the nearly equally detestable Mr. Bott, whom we might describe as Mr. Palliser's flunkey out of livery. The story winds its way onward rather deviously —or, to adopt another phrase in expressing the same notion of it, the variegated strands making up the thread of the nar rative are twisted together with a very peculiar and ingenious Intricacy. In regard to the illustrations adorning the serial, it is noticeable that the second volume of the story, begining with the last number, the number for November, is no longer embellished, as the previous volume was, by the light and rapid etching-needle of 11, K. Browne, better known as Phiz, the Phiz of Boz and Harry Lorrequer. Whoever may be Phiz's successor as the illustrator of "Can You Forgive Her ? ' the change is unques tionably an improvement. THE LONDON ALMANACK FOR 1865—This excel lent and useful little volume of mercantile informs,. tion, called by its second title upon the title-page " The Commercial Record," will be welcomed by City men as it deserves to be welcomed. Starting with a calendar, and following up those dozen pages with a copious Banking Directory, it gives us, under separate headings, and in a very readable form, a singular variety of infor mation upon subjects as various as Cotton, Bread, Tea, Sugar, Bullion, Alcohol, exports imports, and so on, chapter after chapter. The information is in no way superficial, and is wonder fully well compacted together. THE TRAINING OF IDIOTIC AND FEEBLE MINDED CHILDREN—a very painful subject in itself—has been generously accepted as the theme of a very impressive paper by Chun° Brady, Esq., M.R.I,A. —a paper just now published in a pamphlet-form by Messrs. Hodges, Smith, and Co., of Grafton street, Dublin. The benevolent project kept espe cially in view by the author when writing this paper here referred to being apparently that of founding, if possible, an Ayslum for Idiots in the Sister Island. THE HARROW REVIEW, an ably conducted and cleverly written penny miscellany, so called, is winning its way to notice down (or, in another sense, up) at Harrow-on•the-Hill. The fifth number, dated December, has just reached us, and contains within it interesting information on Football matches, as well as upon more serious topics, mingled with polyglot poetry, reports of lectures, and school intelligence—information, almost all of it, pecu liarly interesting to Harrovians old and new. The Christmas Novelties. (From the Era.) For many weeks past the Managers of the Lon. don Theatres have been busily preparing the en tertainments to which the holiday-makers so anxiously look forward at the Christmas season. On the present occasion the expenditure has been even greater than in former years, and the public may with confidence look forward to their annual treat, assured that no lack of liberality on the part of the Lessees, or relaxed energies on the part of the several hundred persons who, in various ways, contribute to the splendour and humorous cffect of these "annuals," will be likely to cause disappoint ment, Reserving fuller details for another occa. elm], we hero merely give our usual preliminary list of the various subjects snlected. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE will have a Pantomime furnished by Mr H, J. Byron, who has expanded the Nursery Legend of the "Lion of Windsor fighting for the Crown '.' into a Burlesque opening, which will have the assistance of Mr George Honey and a strong body of vocalists for its interpretation. The ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA has a Pantomime furnished by the Brothers Grinn, and produced under the immediate superintendence of Mr. A. Harris, with great care and cost. It will be en titled " Cinderella; or, Harlequin and the Magic Pumpkin and the Great Fairy of the Little Glass Slipper.'' Mr W. H, Payne has, of course, the principal character in the opening, and the scenery, by Mr T. Grieve, is unusually elaborate. The famous one-legged dancer, Donato, appears in the Harlequinade, for the first time in this country. DRURYaLANE THEATRE, as usual, is supplied by Mr E. L. Blanchard, who has treated the story of 6 , Hop o' My Thumb and His Eleven Brothers" in an entirely new manner. The principal characters in the opening will be represented by Master Percy Roselle, Mies Lydia Thompson, Mr G. Belmore, Miss Helen Howard, Mr Tom Matthews, and Miss Hudspeth: The scenery and effects, by Mr Wm. Beverley, are said to ba exceedingly striking, and Mr Robert Roxby secures the excellence of the stage arrangements. The fantastic and artistic designs of Dykwynkyn will add to the humour of the induction. Morning performances will be given every day following Boxing Night for the re mainder of the week. The HAYMARKET has a fairy Burlesque by Mr H. J. Byron, founded on a story by the Countess d'Aulnoy, not hitherto made use of for stage pur poses, and which will embrace the whole strength of the company. The LYCEUM will have a new one-act drama in which Mr Feehter will perform, and a revival of the celebrated drama of " Robert Macaire," in which that accomplished actor will represent the hero, originally played by the celebrated Frederic Lemaitre. The PRINCESS'S continues the run of " The S treets of London," followed by a brief Extravaganza. The OLYMPIC is supplied by Mr Burnand with a classical Burlesque called " Cupid and Pyschc." The STRAND has " The Grin Bushes," a bur lesque by Mr H, J. Byron on the old Adeiphi drama. The ADELPHI is also supplied by Mr. Byron with a burlesque on a classical subject. The St. JAMES'S will re-open, under Miss Her• bert's management, with a new classical Burlesque by Mr. W. Brough, founded on the mythological story of the Labours of Hercules. ASTLEY'S is catered for by Mr. Greenwood, who has ingeniously attached a remarkable story to "Jack Sprat," of nursery memory. The SURREY is historical, and Richard Cur de Lion is likely to figure in an entirely novel form. The VICTORIA has the marvellous Baron Mun• chausen for its hero. The New Royalty continues its popular Estre.va• ganza of " Snowdrop." SADLER'S 'WELLS is provided by Mr. Millward with a local subject, uniting the history of Sir Hugh Myddeltun with the Bailiff's D.►ughter of Islington. The MARYLEBONE takes the "Bronze Horse" for its title; and the other Theatres have Panto mimes in preparation which seem likely to absorb all the names left in the story-book and nursery rhyme. HOSTAGE FOR A MOTHER.—MrS M. Wood, lat Ely of St., Louis, was erouseo one night by :liar - 1y friand e skin an asylum for the night to protect bar from arrest. The lady made good her escape, but Mrs Wood was flung, in her stead, into the Female Prison of St Louis. Mrs WoLd, eluding the vigilance of her gaolers, after a long imprison ment, succeeded in regaining her freedom a few weeks ago, but immediately after her escape her infant boy was arrested, and is still held as a hostage for her return. That youthful prisoner, Leo Sumter NVood, was born on the day of Beauregard's bombardment of Fort Sumter, sad is now, therefore, not four yore old,— American raper, a 1 tzurt HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 9• The Queen, accompanied by her Royal H i g hness Princess Helena, drove in the grounds th'it morning. Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice went out walking. The Duchess of Somerset and Lady Gwen dolit le St. Maur arrived at the Admiralty last night from S ir r Frederick and Lady Hermoine Graham's, at Net herbh The Marchioness (Frances Anne) of London derry, is somewhat better, The Earl and Countess all' are staying with her ladyship at Seaham Hall. The Earl and Countess of Wilton will entertain a succession of visitors during the hunting season at Eger ton Lodge, Melton Mowbray, The Countess of Winchilsea and Lady Constance Finch-Hatton have arrived at the S'. George's Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston will receilo, a select party at BroadlandF, Hants, during the ensu i ng week. The Right Hon. Sir Francis and Lady A u g ust ! Baring are entertaining a select circle of friends at the seat in Hampshire. ILLNESS OF MR. LINDSAY, M.P.—Within the last few days, reports, which have been received with great and general regret, have been in circ uletl°' relative to the serious illness of our able represe ntative' We have made inquiries into the facts, and are sorry state that the honourable gentleman, who has been staYi g for some time at Brighton for the improvement of health, has had an attack of paralysis of the lower extr e t , 1 " ties. Yesterday, however, he was reported better , 01 v have partially recovered the use of his limbs. It W ee a ' s o . stated that it was hoped he was now progressing to ree,,A very, a hope which we are sure will be sincerely re s p ona : to by all classes of our townsmen, as well as by the °till try generally.—Sunderland Times. We have to record the death of Mr Sergean t At m ; J. Stephen, in his 78th year. His " Commentaries on w" Laws of England," and `'Pleadings in Civil Actionst'' are well known as useful law-books.— fhe .Readw. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the illustrated London News,) The will of the Hon. Hannah Jane Cen brii ,, Ti n e ,; widow, of Sussex-square, was proved in the L an "' court under .£35,000 personalty—the executorsars pointed being her sons Robert Alexander Cochrtll3, and Basil Edwood Cochrane, Esqrs. The texliltri; has bequeathed to her son Robert one whole sh ar d in the Hetton Colliery, Durham, and has di vide s n one .half share into thirty parts between her O Robert and Arthur and her daughter Mrs Mowb rtil d i making pecuniary bequests to her sons Basil °to Archibald, and also to her daughter Caroline' 0 . whom she has left her jewellery and personal or° e, medts; and to her son Robert the plate, pi otur p e a ; &70 appointing him residuary legatee of bot h and personal estate. The will of Miss Maria Harman, of Cal`l eriel ti Lodge, Tunbridge Wells, was proved in the Lna ci : er court by the executors, John Harman, nephew; Charles Richard Harford, Esq., the el e . her cousin ; and Charles Richard Harford, E 9: 1", t wo younger, son of the preceding. To the la 9t named liberal legacies are bequeathed, and t° her nephews, John and Edward (the sons of her b roth e r Edward Harman), she leaves the residue nf o o, property, The personalty was sworn under X 36, ` n : The will was made in 1849 and two codicils 1850r1 There are many legatees. To her brother gene Harman, an annuity of £300; and to her oll3t 6,1 Mrs Bush, a legacy of .£3OO ; bequests to her ois ter s a in-law and to h e r n e phews, nieces, cousins' e'd other relativ es an d acqua i n t ances; and annuitie s legacies to her servants. To her medical frills. Robert Duncan, M.D., £2OO. The following a re , charitable bequests ;—To the Societies for the p ro f pagation of the Gospel and for the Pronaotioa '"e Christian Knowledge, £lOO each; the Tuab rid i t Wells Dispensary, Humane Society, and Shi ne wrecked Mariners', £5O each ; the Maide73,o Ophthalmic, Brompton Consumption Hospita l ' o l d Infirmary, and Blind Charity, 19 guineas each' I :be further directs that bread and other gifts sh all e, made to the poor of Tunbridge Wells, East benr c , h Rotherfield, Crowborough, Brenchley, Pe ra na and Capel.with-Tudely. Legacies not exeee— £lBo to be paid free of duty. of The will of Henry Lewis Wickham, t he Chesterfield street, Mayfair, was proved i n to London court by his relict, the sole executrlolo whom he has left his personal property for he r ° od absolute use, which was sworn under £36,0001:4,, has devised to his eldest son, Wm. Wickham,•P' his real estate absolutely. g be' The Rev. John Dight, of Folkestone, t he qneathed to the London and Paris societies fo r a , prevention of oruelty to animals £lOO each, a ll like legacy to the Devon and Exeter HosPital a . The will of Joseph Underwood, Esq., of a nd Tye Park-gardens, and of Easteheap, London, ao u Tbe wich, was proved under £200,000 personaltlt tag will bears date the 23d of May last. Th e t lbe for died on the 26:h of August following' l ief ; executors and trustees appointed are his r his son, Frederick James Underwood, Escl'„;ar George Stockdale, E i q., of Hanover-villas, 1‘ 1 °; he hill, and Throgniorton-street. To the lat,;0 0 has left a legacy of £3OO. To his relict b e ' e- t i l s an immediate legacy of £5,000, together wi t i ll aj ae, furniture, plate, carriage, & c., and the res i " - bet Hyde park-gardens. He also bequeaths t ° hie an equal share with his son Frederick b lab, business, carried on at Eastcheap and at Nor 110 f including the capital and stock in trad e e V vinegar manufacturer and importer of f13 . 1 : 1 B ox wines and spirits; and has appointed his sa"tAtei residuary legatee of both real and personal ° will To his two daughters he leaves so rnooh ai t/ h ° ,o l° make their respective portions £35,00 0 . ' 1 " sie a legacy of £l,OOO to his; niece, Mary En 3i .i ll x,s oo son, of Cloona Castle, Mayo, Ireland, gla u 100 to each of her children. To two of Ili a , c 0 0 0; William Bailey and Frederick Clarke, ea °P ..,st°' to his housekeeper £5O ; to two other s ' ,pr le legacies of £lOO and £2OO, and a few ot.--nd the cies ; to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospi tal °- Cumberland Infirmary, each £2OO. A the SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.---...,-1) 00" n closearly of~hrel; number eurobnoos: hada bo theupt aCls a3s etodt, 01 etoho Sr hohuaodgwhp lat aihdse t Af eo gvr reai ndc umi Init gsusrni s l o en. markable circumstance that although some of il3e.aljn'ev-cl °I; especially those from Birmingham, were much f 6 t 15,1 tV netho.etei.reaasaelrrival, and although they have been disturba" 0 Deo 0 examinationssickness or they have eo of a undergone, animal thereallr edret,, rule:ll:st atarrYor.af arrangements ednni distribution rdoiofbuul\bitand to illedopd3 tiro, jni s. on mainly ao iutnhgl yel a sa,nt attribute b ble to Tenthsto 0 erne. lent system of ventilation which has Deell ffeetAe at the hall. As usual, a great many sales wore tP; during the afternoon of the last day, but still ~,aitti",. a great number of the prize animals rei7eiceen on hand, more especially in the Hereford and k 118 i sheep classes. The show finally closed at 9 Gl'etlee off' cattle,who had the evening, and too much praise cannot be awarded tectaycle-t mittee of management, consisting of Mr Jobe CO01:1; chairman, Mr Bannister, Mr Giblott, and gr actsd who, in consequence of the illness of Mr SiclncY) hon. secretary. ,4014 THE PYNE AND HARRISON TBSTI.SIO- tiles HULL.—It is announced that the presentatiodu b°r'itojelo valuable articles, consisting of a magnificent g°ldhnorid:s; surmounted with the arms of Hull studded will' seated and a beautiful scarf ring of the same desigv, Prier the workpeople of Hull to Miss Louisa Fyne and •)3 at° "n vible iePe Harrison, as a small mark of the esteem GectO he i.stes are held for their generosity on 103nYhico at,t6ttt towards our charitable institutions, will WI") V the ' Queen's Theatre on the evening of MondaY, 13°' instant. We understand that Mr AV. llarris°l/firybin9ss•Otr. chased the patent a a Itinr and very cor"r3s__ via 11'6_10"r for the Theatre. A series of experiments ar:, the pel`:„4 which, should they answer the expectations...llolo a rev' and several experienced stage machinists, vvill lutir,n in scenic illusions. pent i has made a great hit at the Queen's Theatre,;ored, ote3 Mr F. Robson. sou of the late emilio,•ti new comedy, written expressly tor la hY thigjv tal:t.tot entitled " Fishing for Flats." Wm e hear of our young actor is likely to appear at one theatres before long.